Okay, NOW I AM RANTING!!!!!

Well the tort reform issue seems to be just busting down the doors with interest (sarcasm). I have to admit I am a little concerned about the lack of interest. I guess it just proves my point that too many people are literally sleeping through this entire thing. I will not surprised when the media starts harping on the endless accounts of horror stories attributed to the EVIL REPUBLICANS for passing tort reform that leaves children of single moms penniless after their mother dies due to doctor negligence; as high powered trial attorneys’ kids are instant millionaires for the same thing. I also won’t be surprised when we start reading in the New York Times about how doctors in ER’s were getting creative in justifying how a man in a 3 piece suit came into the ER with a head-ache, and his injury needed more immediate attention because it could have been a tumor; while the black woman in rags with a knife wound had to wait because a nurse could stop the bleeding. I am sure some of you are wondering what the heck I am talking about. I must sound like a fictional character from a childhood book; like a chicken running around the yard screaming, “The sky is falling! The sky is falling!”

Let me try and make this as clear as I can. The Republicans (I am a conservative- not a Republican- but I do want to preserve the Republican Party from liberal media Witch hunts, because without the Republicans, I am at the mercy of the LOONEY LIBS!), are in the midst of passing tort reform all across America that is NOT in the BEST interest of America. I am not out to slam Republicans (I happen to vote Republican), but I am certainly not going to allow them to destroy themselves if I can help it. Right now, America is waking up to the Liberal Socialists and their wacky behavior and agendas. The last thing we need is BAD tort reform- touted by Republicans- to give ammo to the liberal media in time for the next election!

This is one of the most frustrating things about Americans. We just piddle through everyday life- strapped by pressures of work and marriage and kids. We listen to sound bites, propaganda, and other EASY ways to get informed. We don’t do our homework and put any effort into getting the facts. We listen to party lines. We take it for granted that Democrats really like blacks and Bush is just an idiot with a genius like Karl Rove (The Darth Vader to Democrats), or that the Republicans are able to handle these things, whatever. I see men get more emotional about a FOOTBALL game than they do TORT REFORM! (I happen to love football- a huge Buddy Ryan fan as a matter of fact- and I know I sound like a NERD for saying this, but C'mon.) The bottom line- we are NOT paying attention! AT ALL!! The election is over. We dodged John Kerry. WHEW! But now we seem to think that the rest of the political thing is in good hands so, let it ride. I hate to rain on the PARADE OF COMFORT AND OBLIVIAN, but THIS IS NOT THE CASE PEOPLE! Right now, many politicians, insurance agencies, health care professionals, and attorneys are about to make some HUGE changes that could affect ANY OF US! We cannot sit around applying a black mask to trial attorneys and a white cape to doctors. There are good and bad in EVERY profession. I personally know of an instance (from a very personal and reliable source that I trust- I emphasize- I TRUST) in which elected officials have gone as far as to admit they don’t care if the bill passed is good for the people, as long as it gets passed, their name is on it, and it hurts……. (One said group. Let’s just say). THIS infuriates me. Especially when I have read one of the bills myself and almost flipped.

I realize I am RANTING. I usually like to stay logical and stick to facts without inciting a lot of “emotion,” but sheeshk- I am dumbstruck at the lack of interest in this. THIS IS BIG! VERY VERY VERY VERY BIG! If we aren’t interested in this topic, I will be stunned and frustrated, but let me know and I will move on to something else. If you just want to know more, great, let me know. But whatever you do, don’t shrug this off. You have no idea where this is headed if we don’t watch it.